A Doctoral Odyssey

A critical examination of first-generation faculty scholarship: Demonstrating the need for intersectional, empirical analysis.

“…Being an Outsider. FGF encounter feelings of being outsiders as faculty (and as graduate students; e.g., Barrett, 2008;Chávez et al, 2019;Longley, 2020;McDaniel, 2008; Rendo ´n, 2020; T. C. Smith, 2020). For White, working-class FGF, this is tied to their lack of connection to the childhood experiences of middle-and upper-class colleagues, being uncomfortable with the expected middle-class behavior and dress, or inability to afford the same lifestyles as their colleagues (Barrett, 2008;Langston, 1993;Muzzatti & Samarco, 2006).…”

“…FGF encounter feelings of being outsiders as faculty (and as graduate students; e.g., Barrett, 2008; Chávez et al, 2019; Longley, 2020; McDaniel, 2008; Rendón, 2020; T. C. Smith, 2020).…”